The other day I wrote a post about how to pitch effectively to venture capitalists. Subsequently I came across this example of Ali G pitching a deal to many very notable such people (EarlyBird Capital, Starvest Partners, Gaspedal Ventures, even Donald Trump) and it was so funny I thought I’d share it with you for […]

Everyone has their guilty pleasure. Mine is People Magazine. I love it. I look forward to it every week. At our house we fight over who gets to read it first. I know that I should spend my limited reading time perusing something more weighty that advances my career-related knowledge, like the New England Journal […]

Please! it’s all about popular. it’s not about aptitude, it’s the way you’re viewed, so it’s very shrewd to be, very very popular like ME! -lyrics from the song “Popular” from the musical Wicked That song is about how it’s great to be popular, but a study released this week was all about when popularity […]

As a healthcare venture capitalist, I see a lot of, shall we say, interesting ideas for how to treat patients. But today I really hit the jackpot in the “you’ve got to be kidding me” department. Unfortunately I didn’t see this in person, but on-line in a story that ran in the “Bad Ideas” (who […]

As a healthcare venture capitalist, I see a lot of, shall we say, interesting ideas for how to treat patients. But today I really hit the jackpot in the “you’ve got to be kidding me” department. Unfortunately I didn’t see this in person, but on-line in a story that ran in the “Bad Ideas” (who […]

Medical scientists dedicate their lives to unravelling the mysteries of the human body in order to advance the health of mankind. It is often a long and difficult road to discover the genesis of certain chronic diseases or what might cure cancer. Entire lifetimes and billions of dollars have been dedicated to finding cures for cancer […]

That’s a great quote from Nobel prize winner Albert Schweitzer and it would have served me well a few days ago when it felt like nothing was going right. I was whining via email to my partner Steve and he wrote back simply, “Positive Mental Attitude.” Steve’s point, a valid one that would resonate with […]

That’s a great quote from Nobel prize winner Albert Schweitzer and it would have served me well a few days ago when it felt like nothing was going right. I was whining via email to my partner Steve and he wrote back simply, “Positive Mental Attitude.” Steve’s point, a valid one that would resonate with […]

The final straw was Jeff Bussgang’s article in PE Hub today encouraging more healthcare/life sciences VCs to blog (see link below). More VC Bloggers Needed (Seriously) I’ve been thinking about this whole blogging thing but desperately trying to stay out of the way of the Facebook/Blog/Twitter information superhighway in an effort to remain firmly aligned […]

About Lisa

Lisa Suennen is a venture capital investor and the managing partner of Venture Valkyrie, LLC, which publishes the Venture Valkyrie blog and co-produces the Tech Tonics podcast. She is also co-founder of CSweetener, a women's healthcare mentoring organization.